resoluten.
/ˈrɛzəl(j)uːt/, U.S. /ˈrɛzəˌl(j)ut/ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > payment > [noun]
waringc1315
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payment1370
pay1440
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1548 in W. Page Certificates Chantries County of York (1895) II. 512 In Resolutes yerely going forthe of the same vs. ijd.
?1573 Abp. M. Parker Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 455 Subsidies, free rents, new-year's gifts, and other such resolutes .cccli.
1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia iv. iv. 84 In this Rancke may be Marshalled al Resolutes, Dechashes, Decrements.
2. A resolute or determined person; a person who has resolved upon something.Sometimes with specific connotations of violent or criminal behaviour, in echoes of quot. 1603 (esp. in lawless (also landless) resolutes).In quot. 1578: resolute persons collectively.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [noun] > resolute or determined person
resolute1578
resolution1643
1578 Edinb. Test. VI. f. 190v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Resolut I..sall..heir that confortabill voce that he hes promeist to resolat saying cum vnto me.
1600 Looke about You sig. Kv We are fast & must answere it like Gentlemen, like Souldiers, like resolutes.
1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. i. 97 Yong Fortenbrasse,..Hath..Sharkt vp a sight of lawlesse [1623 Landlesse] Resolutes.
a1692 J. March Serm. (1693) iv. 81 Payne and his fifty Resolutes, hired by the Pope, to murder the Queen.
1739 H. Brooke Gustavus Vasa iv. ix. 57 A Band of desp'rate Resolutes rush'd on 'em.
1795 Grievances Irel. 35 Ruffians and landless resolutes possessing neither virtue nor property, too proud to beg, too lazy to work.
1825 W. Tennant John Baliol iv. ii. 110 Stuff, stuff, for stony-hearted resolutes, Whose backs bear all rebuffs.
1891 Pop. Sci. Monthly Mar. 602 To believe that they are sprung directly from..the ‘landless resolutes’ who went filibustering with William the Bastard.
1907 J. H. Smith Our Struggle for 14th Colony iv. 118 The greater part of his men stepped forward [i.e. volunteered]. The next day these resolutes..appeared again on the Green.
1966 Winnipeg (Manitoba) Free Press 13 Aug. 33/8 It becomes a simple matter to thwart the small but troublesome band of resolutes and their parents still determined on continuing with two languages.
2005 Daily Mail (Nexis) 4 Apr. 8 As they gradually departed, only a few dozen youngsters and resolutes were left to camp out into the early hours.
3. Mathematics. A resolved part of a force or other vector quantity in a particular direction; each of two or three vectors acting in mutually perpendicular directions which collectively are equivalent to the original vector; = component n. 3.
ΚΠ
1896 W. T. A. Emtage Light xvi. 264 A force whose resolute in that direction is inversely proportional to the square of the corresponding radius vector.
1946 L. Toft & A. T. J. Kersey Theory of Machines (ed. 5) i. 8 If the two components are at right-angles to each other they are called resolutes, and the process of finding two rectangular components is known as resolving the resolutes.
1992 Internat. Jrnl. Heat & Mass Transfer 35 2656/1 The resolutes of the velocity vector in these three directions are u, v and w, respectively.
2006 L. C. Botten et al. in H. Yasumoto Electromagnetic Theory & Applic. Photonic Crystals ii. 68 The matrix M is a function of both wavenumber..and the resolute of the Bloch vector in the plane perpendicular to the axis of the cylinders.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
resoluteadj.
/ˈrɛzəl(j)uːt/, U.S. /ˈrɛzəˌl(j)ut/ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dissolving > [adjective] > dissolved
resolute?a1425
relented?1440
decoct1540
decocted?c1599
solved1662
dissolved1707
solute1890
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 31v It is forsoþ..þe generacioun of þam in þe selfe fleumatic humours or in metez resolute [?c1425 Paris resoluede; L. resolutis] in to vapour of nedy or pouere hete.
c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) 12 Vpon þe aposteme..be putte a gode emplastre..of diaquilon resolute with oile roset.
tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. 1119 (MED) For bathis hoot, ammoniak is tolde Right good, with brymstoon resolute.
a. Loose in texture, not compact. Cf. solute adj. 1. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > friable
lightc1400
resolute?1440
mouldery1600
murly1600
murling1610
chessom1626
open1647
putrid1656
overlight1707
shattery1728
well-broke1796
tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. 12 (MED) Now wold also thy puls be sowen there As thynne & resolute & faate hit were, And namly dry.
tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iv. 51 (MED) Light, resolute [L. solutam] lond they desire.
b. figurative. Morally lax, dissolute. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > profligacy, dissoluteness, or debauchery > [adjective]
wild13..
desolatec1386
unthrifty1388
riotousc1405
resolute?a1475
palliard1484
dissolutea1513
royetous1526
sluttishc1555
rakehell1556
dissolutious1560
rakehelly1579
hell-raking1593
sportive1597
low1599
lavish1600
rakellyc1600
profligate1627
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rantipole1660
abandoned1690
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rakish1696
dissipated1744
dissipating1818
outward1875
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 191 (MED) After that he wente to the cite of Crotines, resolute moche in vertues and in honeste [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. þat was al out of rule; L. moribus omnino resolutam; v.r.dissolutam], techenge men..vertuous life.
c. Weak, feeble. Also: slack, lacking in firmness. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak > of parts
weak?a1500
resolute?1570
shackling1790
infirm1820
shipwrecky1857
?1570 tr. Shepardes Kalendar (rev. ed.) xxvi. sig. I.i When the belly is longe resolute and laxe, and when one hath the syght troubled, and eatynge also without appetyte.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 189 The weake, resolute, or paralitike members being therewith anoynted, they are much eased if not recouered.
3.
a. Of a decision, opinion, judgement, etc.: settled, final; absolute, certain. Now rare or merged in sense 6.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > [adjective]
sickerc1100
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surec1330
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certain1362
traista1400
tresta1400
ensurec1430
suredc1450
absolute1483
firm1483
resolute1501
assured1523
satisfied1533
unperplexed1558
unblanked1570
resolved1577
secure1578
clear1604
constant1611
ungravelled1611
confidenta1616
definitea1616
fearless1634
decretory1651
positive1658
unbrangled1671
cocksure1672
convinced1685
reliant1702
unbewildereda1807
positivistic1893
hensure1929
tooting1932
1501 Lett. Rich. III & Hen. VII (Rolls) I. 169 The same commissioners..promysid us..to shewe us the resolute mynde of the said king.
1515 R. Pace Let. in J. Planta Hist. Helvetic Confederacy (1807) II. App. 424 I desired of the lordes of thes cantones hasty expedition, and a resolute answer in my matters.
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 524/2 Wherin what hys finall and resolute sentence is, ye shall..very scantly perceiue.
1561 H. Bennet tr. O. Mykonius in Famous & Godly Hist. sig. M.iiii You seme to suspende your resolute iudgement of him, and hys learned woorkes.
1606 L. Bryskett Disc. Ciuill Life 122 His resolute opinion in that matter cannot be picked out of his writings.
1633 W. Ames Fresh Suit against Human Ceremonies v. 124 It shall be sufficient in this place, to set downe Calvins resolute conclusion, out of Sermon 85. in Deut.
a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1659) ii. 36 The Præses eagerly urged them to give their resolute answer.
1709 W. Oldisworth Dial. Timothy & Philatheus I. iii. 312 It must needs be his real Thoughts, and resolute Opinion, because this Book was seen..in the Lambeth Library, with this Lemma in a spare Leaf.
1864 Daily News 17 Mar. 6/1 The stubborn resistance of the Danish ministry is..the result..of the just and resolute opinion which the Danish nation and Danish statesmen form of such an arrangement.
1962 M. Natanson Literature, Philos. & Social Sci. x. 116 The awaiting of a resolute answer to the jocular yet desperate question, ‘Well, what exactly is existentialism?’
b. Of a person: †decided with regard to matters open to doubt (obsolete); well qualified (because of knowledge, clear-headedness, etc.) to make a decision. Now historical.In later use only in resolute doctor [after post-classical Latin doctor resolutus (1484 or earlier as title of John Baconthorpe), doctor resolutissimus ‘most resolute doctor’ (a1429 or earlier as title of Guillaume Durand)] : a title given to various medieval theologians, esp. Guillaume Durand (died 1328 or 1330) and John Baconthorpe (c1290–1352).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > [adjective] > freed from doubt
resolved1497
resolutec1540
c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. xiv. i. f. 204/2 [He] promittit to tak .xii. of ye maist resolut & wise clerks in Ingland to set apon the decision of ye mat[ter].
a1564 Q. Kennedy Breif Tracteit in 2 Eucharistic Tracts (1964) 134/33 Ve haue hed iust occasione..tilbe resolut and satifyet vith the first hede and part of our disputacione.., Now restes to considder [etc.].
1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. (S.T.S.) 148 Sua [they] vald be na mair resolut be the iudgement of the bellis, nor thay var befoir.
1606 W. Attersoll Badges Christianity sig. Ee7v And Durand the resolute doctor deliuereth, that, [etc.].
1645 R. Baillie Dissuasive from Errours of Time xi. 237 Master Archer the most resolute Doctor in this question that I have met with, makes the thousand yeares we debate of, to be onely the evening of Christs Personall reigne.
1768 T. Smollett Present State All Nations II. 452 John Baconthorp..a person, in that age, of so universal and profound learning, that he..went commonly by the name of the resolute doctor.
1808 J. Lemprière Univ. Biogr. (1810) I Durand, de St. Pourcain, William, a French bishop, called from his powers of argumentation the resolute doctor.
1918 Mind 27 349 A formula very similar to the latter was used by the Most Resolute Doctor, the great Dominican Nominalist Durand.
2005 J. D. North God's Clockmaker 47 The erudite Carmelite scholar John Baconthorpe,.., a close contemporary of his [sc. of Richard of Wallingford] who would later achieve renown in Paris as ‘the resolute doctor’.
4.
a. In predicative use, with prepositional phrase, that-clause, or to and infinitive. Of a person, a person's mind, etc.: that has resolved or is determined to take the specified action, bring about the specified circumstance, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [adjective]
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adviseda1393
affirmed1440
constant1481
resolved1518
resolute1522
well-settled?1532
ratified1533
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bent1548
well-resolved1565
unabashed1571
determinate1587
undaunted1587
peremptory1589
confirmed1594
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intent1610
definitivea1616
unshrinkinga1616
naylessa1618
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martyrly1659
certain1667
fell1667
decretory1674
martyrial1678
decretorian1679
invariable1696
unflinching1728
hell-bent1731
decided1767
determined1773
iron-headed1787
adamantine1788
unwincing1802
stick-at-nothing1805
adamant1816
hard-set1818
rock-like1833
bound1844
do-or-die1851
unbased1860
focused1888
capable de tout1899
purposive1903
go-for-broke1946
hard rock1947
take-no-shit1992
1522 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1522/2/1 We ar resolute that..we will..tak oure aventure of pece or were.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. vii. 155 Þai war all resolute of ane mynde, to put ane end als sone to þare ciete as to þare liberte.
1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 53 They would neuer haue bene so disolute in theyr lyfe, or so resolute in their owne conceites.
1622 J. Reynolds Triumphs Gods Revenge: 2nd Bk. viii. 125 He is constant and resolute to reseeke the felicity to liue in her fauour and affection.
1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 187 I am determined to continue resolute in well doing.
1715 D. Defoe Family Instructor I. i. iv. 109 And are you so resolute against your self, Sister!
1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 260 Seeing they were resolute for Mischief.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xix. 138 The empress, resolute to atchieve the generous design which she had undertaken.
1838 W. G. Simms Richard Hurdis II. xxi. 241 By which division of our force, he seemed resolute that one of us should succeed in our espionage.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §6. 406 If the Queen was resolute for peace, England was resolute for war.
1961 D. L. Moore Late Lord Byron i. 33 John Murray was announced, resolute for doing away with a sensationally interesting unpublished book.
1972 D. Davin in Cornhill Mag. Winter 375 The courage..that made her resolute to go on, to work come what may.
2001 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 6 May 14 Paul has increasingly seemed resolute upon taking up the reins of his departed soulmate's numerous agendas.
b. Without construction: determined, having a fixed resolve; constant, steadfast.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective]
fasteOE
stathelfasteOE
anredOE
hardOE
starkOE
trueOE
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1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 630 As he was a resolute man without feare in most daunger, so was he most temperate in greatest prosperitie.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 692 Clow. Ile do it in my shyrt. Duma. Most resolute Pompey. View more context for this quotation
1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) iii. ii. 84 In most vehement passions the resolutest minds are best prooued.
1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox 337 Liante..placed himself at the head of this resolute Party.
1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. viii. 150 A certain Determination, and resolute Bent of Mind, not to be convinced or set right.
1799 T. Dutton tr. A. von Kotzebue Pizarro in Peru iv. xvii. 99 Give me a sword, and five hundred resolute men—I fly to his deliverance.
1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna ix. ix. 197 They were few, but resolute.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. ix. 99 The simple, resolute man looked round him with grave joy.
1889 J. A. Froude Two Chiefs Dunboy xiii. 185 Colonel Goring slept upon his problem, and woke the next morning resolute.
1928 L. Stockett Baltimore xv. 249 When the father discovered that his daughter was as resolute as he, his rage was unbounded.
1980 D. Millman Peaceful Warrior (1984) 30 You may, in fact, experience the mind of a warrior on occasion; resolute, flexible, clear, and free of doubt.
2003 I. Chang Chinese in Amer. xvi. 302 A less resolute man might have abandoned academic life, but Tien forged ahead with laser-like focus.
5. Of a rent or other payment: that has been paid; (in later use also) payable. Chiefly as postmodifier. In later use only in rent resolute. Now historical.Formerly sometimes as past participle.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [adjective] > paid (of rents)
resolute1534
1534 Liber Regis (1786) p. ix What annuell..rents..and Fees..ben yerly accustumed to be resolute and paid.
c1540 in Bedfordshire Notes & Queries (1886) 1 xii. 361 Rent resolute to our..lord the kyng as to his manor of Bycleswade.
1586 Treasurers' Accts. in J. Webb Town Finances Eliz. Ipswich (1996) 67 Paymentes of rentes resolutes by the yere.
1670 Act 22 Chas. II c. 6 §9 Allowances to be made of divers Pensions, Portions, Rents Resolute, or other Things of the like Nature.
1708 E. Hatton New View London II. 475/2 The certain and ordinary Disbursments, was then as follows... Pensions Resolute 32 12 02. Rent Resolute 56 00 09.
1795 D. Lysons Environs London II. 244/2 One hundred acres of this manor were held under Roger Le Strange's manor of Edgware by a rent resolute of 7s. 7d. per annum.
1821 H. K. Bonney Hist. Notices Fotheringhay 40 Out of this was deducted eighty pounds, three shillings, and tenpence, in rents resolute to the lords of different manors.
1862 T. Johnes in tr. Froissart Chron. I. ccxcvi. 463 This estate is, I believe, sold: at least a rent resolute was sold by the duke..to Mr. John Manners.
1938 S. J. Madge Domesday of Crown Lands iii. iii. 142 A rent resolute of 30s. was annually paid to the neighbouring manor of Holding.
1991 P. R. Coss Lordship, Knighthood, & Locality 100 Against all this, the bailiff had paid out 3s 8½d in rent resolute.
6. Of an action, emotion, condition, etc.: characterized by determination or firmness of purpose.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [adjective] > of actions, etc.
doughtyOE
resolute?1560
resolved1561
determineda1616
seta1640
concerted1844
kragdadig1952
driven1967
?1560 T. Norton Orations of Arsanes sig. Diiij There resteth nothyng but resolute constancie in noble & necessarie actions.
1587 R. Greene Euphues sig. B Agamemnon..intended a resolute legar to the citie of Troy.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. i. 12 That the resolute acting of our blood Could haue attaind th'effect of your owne purpose. View more context for this quotation
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 65 After a most resolute deliberation.
1720 A. Pope in tr. Homer Iliad V. xvii. Observ. 1365 The occasion..of the comparison being the resolute persistance of Menelaus about the dead body.
1785 W. Cowper Task v. 619 His master-lust Falls first before his resolute rebuke.
1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab iii. 39 He who leads Invincibly a life of resolute good.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ii. §8. 101 Young as he was, Henry mounted the throne with a resolute purpose of government.
1902 G. S. Whitmore Last Maori War vii. 97 Two settlers..did..fall in with the enemy, and only by dint of great presence of mind and resolute courage escaped to make their report.
1961 N. Juster Phantom Tollbooth xii. 150 Milo thought for just a moment and then, with a resolute ‘I shall’, volunteered to go.
2003 Daily Tel. 4 June 22/1 You could mostly tell the British by the air of pained embarrassment, the excessive clothing and our resolute determination to avoid games of any kind.
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resolutev.
/ˈrɛzəl(j)uːt/, U.S. /ˈrɛzəˌl(j)ut/ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dissolving > dissolve [verb (transitive)] > in or into something
resolutea1500
infuse1560
a1500 tr. Secreta Secret. (Lyell 36) f. 98 Þe bodyes of men that be receptakyll of mete & drynke ben thynned & resolutyd [Ashm. 396 resolued].
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. i. 24/2 Hail, is a Cloudy Vapour, resoluted into Water, which in the fall through the Cold Region of the Air, is congealed, and so made Hail.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > choose (a person) [verb (reflexive)]
resolute1548
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. clxxxiiijv After long debate, the Kyng resoluted hymself vpon sir Thomas More [to be his Chancellor].
3. intransitive. U.S. To draw up or pass a resolution or resolutions.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > resolve or decide [verb (intransitive)] > draw up or pass resolutions
resolute1849
1849 Daily Ohio Statesman 6 Jan. 2/3 Mr. McClure moved that the House adjourn. The Yeas and Nays were called, and resoluted in 53 Yeas, 16 Nays. So the House adjourned.
1873 J. Whiteman Sparks & Sounds from Colonial Anvil 173 On Wednesday the House ‘Resoluted’ to go To a whitebait carouse.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. xc. 233 The discontented..flocked every Sunday afternoon to cheer denunciations of corporations and monopolists, and to ‘resolute’ against the rich generally.
1963 Wilson Bull. 75 310 The California legislature resoluted in opposition to the bill.
1997 Birmingham (Alabama) News (Nexis) 20 Nov. 1 a ‘I feel we need to get on with spreading the Gospel instead of resoluting,’ she said.
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